Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-05-29

cellent crops OF ali kinds strengthen conf
dence in the nearneSS of an active demand.
Very large quantities of sugar are arriv-
ing from South America Speculative deal
ings are reported in coffee. There is on
siderable excitement in the coffee market
over umo concerning the incoming
crop.
REDUCED TINE
is reported at a large number of New Eng
land wooden mills and il is probable that
there will be a further reduction of output
after July drst, unless in the meantime
the fall and winter demand for winter goods
should improve. The demand for general
dry goods is fair only. The mills engaged
on the production Of cotton and mixed
goods are working full time in expectation
Of a very heavy summer and fall demand.
The jObbing trade reports very good sum-
mer prospect. Prints + edOing well. The
hosiery industry is kept pretty well en-
gagged. The carpet manufacturers could
turn out much larger quantities if the mar
ket called for it. The southern cotton
mills are all sold up to the loom, and the
stock Of goods is the lightest We have had
for several years.
The railroad situation continues very
favorable; construction is being pushed
ahead with more vigor. Rail mills and
bridge works are all OyerSOld. Very little
foreign material il being ordered.
Between twenty-five and thirty thou
sand employees struck last week. The av-
erage number Of strikers per day since the
first of the month has been four thousand.
Bank clearings from 81 cities show an in
cIeas of . per cent last week. Railway
earnings show an increase of 10 per cent
during April, over April of last year. The
fact that railroad earnings show a steady
increase, aud that traffic Is increasing week
by week are the strongest features TO he
noted. Very little discouragement exists
in any branch OF industry beyond the fact
that strikes may spread and interfere with
completed plans and programmes.
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
the building trades have about all they
can do. House, shop and mill building Is
progressing satisfactorily. \ check has
been given TO theupward tendency to real
estate in the West. \ large volume Of
capital is seeking favorable real estate in
yesting opportunities but wild prices will
not be paid.
The daily output of the Connellsville
coke region ills LOS ears. Coke making
IS one OF the most rapidly expanding in-
dustries in the country. There are l., 900
ovens in Pennsylvania, and a dozen con-
Germs are now building additional capac-
ity.
The Knights of Labor while troubled
with internal diSSensiOuS are gaining in
strength through the looping OF OF bad
material. 4 large percentage OF the menu
bership rushed into that organization a
gear or twoagO, anticipating impossible ad-
vantageS, and finding themselves diSap-
pointed, are dropping out, or are making
trouble, tor the more conservative and in
telligent men, who understand the real
purpose and scope OF trade organizations,
New assemblies are springing up, and the
organization is in better shape, but there
are certain disintegrating elementsa at work,
which Tan only be checked by a strong
hand and clear head. The head Of the or
der, has announced hat he will o remain
longer than the present term, which decrs-
ion has been forced upon him by the un-
ruly and ~unmanagable elements.
IN THE WEST AND SOUTH
the Knights are taking political action as
| rapidly as possible. TTcvelliCk will stump
Tennessee, Jesse Harper has been through
Kansas, Shilling has been working Wis
cOusiu, and General Weaver is holding
Iowa. Several State conventions are to
he held during the next sixty days.
A good many strikes are in progress in
| Great Britain. The Northumberland
miners have expended $4,000 and are
still on strike.
In several cities wOrkmen are not to be
had, especially III the building trades, and
this scarcity iSat the bottom Of the present
unrest. Should strikes occur it will spoil
the calculations OF builders who have maze
their contracts based upon present wages.
Bailders ~endeavOred to arrange wages and
hours Of labor for the entire season before
they set To work.
The st. Louis car wheel company are
about 70 erect the largest car wheel works
in the country near Kansas City. Nearly
all the architectural iron makers have from
two To three months work on hand. Nearly
all the manufacturing establishments IL
the country are increasing their machinery
ami a great many engines are being re
placed by engines OF larger capacity.
The works ia Pennsylvania turned on
100 locomotives during the past twelyt
months.
THE HALF HOLIDAY
movement Is meeting with favor, aud il /
probable that il will be madea law in som,
three or four States.
The great rush of emigration threaten
in time to depreSs the wages OF common
labO-.
Denver, Colorado, expects to have tn
largest electric light plant IN the UnIte'
States.
The extraordinary industrial develop
meuts in northern Alabama are attracting
fresh capital, and labor is iiOckiug there II
search of employment.
Very few Of the many cooperative en-
trrpriseS are meeting with success. 1t TIT
pioneers nave the necessary patience, ant
ear make the necessary sacrifices, success
awaits them in the future.
HENRY GEORGES A~NTI-pOvERTY SOCIEr'
is not spreading out of New York City
Chauucey VI. Depew says the two creates
auti-pOyerty societies are the locomotly
engineers anil locomotive tircmen. He say
that ont of the 81, GOA. 900 dollars earned b.
the New York Central K. r., Sl2, OOO,OO
goes for wages; $l0, 1000, 900 for supplies
: j.. 200, coo for taxes, interest, etc, an
/. s.. 900. ono for the hloated bOndholders an
u, stockholders to blOat on.
The work of equalizing the profits q
:, capital and labor is progressing steadily
. but it will be many years before TIL
! mighty problem affecting every huma
being will he adjusted; if adjusted TO-DAY
or tomorrow it would practically chez
, organization and bring about Z feeling {
~contentment which would to more 10 retar
Z. civilization than all the injustice Of capits
and of monopoly.
Humbug.
r Rarnum said The American Peopl
like to he humbugged. This may b
: true in the line of entertainment, but nc
where life is at stake. \ man with cor